Who's the President?

[JMadonna]

The answer to the question is who knows?

By law, the electoral college can vote for whomever they want. Each state has a set of Democrat electors and Republican electors who are pledged to support the party's candidate. Depending on which candidate won the state determines which set of electors the state sends.

If Obama were dead then some states MAY take it upon themselves to send electors based upon their own preferences.

If that scenario didn't play out then the dilemma is who do the Democrat electors vote for? Democrats would have to move quickly to tell their electors to vote for a new candidate since they are already pledged to vote for Biden for VP.

If they didn't unite on one candidate then either Mitt Romney would have the majority of the electoral votes OR the House (which is Republican) would elect the next President who could be anybody in a long dragged out fight.

In short, Electoral Chaos that would make George Nichols proud.